Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company Building

The Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company Building in Lexington, Kentucky, is a commercial building designed by Herman L. Rowe and constructed in 1890. The stone facade was described as "a strange but compelling mixture of Italianate, Neo-Greek, Gothic, and Romanesque motifs," and "not excelled in appearance by any building in Kentucky." It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[2]

Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company Building
The Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company Building in 2019
Location111-113 Cheapside St., Lexington, Kentucky
Coordinates38°02′52″N 84°29′54″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1890
ArchitectHerman L. Rowe
Architectural styleGothic, High Victorian
NRHP reference No.80001514[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1980

The building was constructed for the Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company, organized in 1890 and absorbed by the larger Security Trust and Safety Vault Company in 1892.[3][4] An early tenant of the building was Lexington's Moving Picture Theatorium.[2]

Architect Herman L. Rowe also designed Lexington's Carnegie library in the Gratz Park Historic District and Argyle Hall at the former Campbell–Hagerman College.[5] He was the supervising architect for the Lexington Opera House, designed by Oscar Cobb and constructed in 1887. The Opera House and Yates Bookshop Building were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Walter Langsam; Richard S. DeCamp (February 28, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fayette Safety Vault and Trust Company Building". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2019. With accompanying five photos from 1980
  3. "Judge Mat Walton..." The Evening Bulletin. Maysville, Kentucky. April 25, 1890. p. 3. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  4. "Two of the trust companies at Lexington..." The Evening Bulletin. Maysville, Kentucky. February 1, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  5. John Dean Wright (1982). Lexington: Heart of the Bluegrass. University Press of Kentucky. p. 107.

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